Grizzly Beginning (Arcadian Bears Book 2) by Becca Jameson

Author:Becca Jameson [Jameson, Becca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: erotic paranormal romance
Publisher: Hartwood Publishing
Published: 2017-06-12T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Nuria continued to stare at the only man she would ever love. She’d put her walls back up a few minutes ago, blocking him once again, but that wouldn’t keep him from reading her emotions on her face. Even without the mental connection, he’d always been in tune with her feelings.

“My dad will be here soon,” he said.

She rolled her eyes. “You still insist on going with him to see Turner?”

“I have to, baby.”

She took a deep breath, knowing he wasn’t going to like her next statement. “Then I’m going too.”

He jerked back a few inches. “What? No.”

She lifted a brow. “You going to get all alpha on me and start spewing some shit about needing to protect my delicate female feelings while insisting I stay here and pace the room while you go fight the evil bad guy?”

He chuckled. Thank God. Because she definitely didn’t want to have a fight with him over some ill-conceived need to be manly. “You make my entire gender sound like a bunch of jackasses.”

“It’s more like I’m suggesting you not be one if you ever want to stand a chance of getting your dick anywhere close to my pussy.”

He laughed harder. “That mouth. You definitely didn’t have that mouth on you when you left here fifteen years ago.”

“Well, I’m not a kid anymore. And I don’t want you to think I’m the kind of woman who will kowtow to some dominant male behavior. I’m nobody’s subordinate.”

“Don’t I know it,” he teased. “And for the record, I don’t think I would have ever been attracted to you if you were. If I remember correctly, one of the first times we met, we were in the fourth grade, I think, and we collided in the hallway before school. You dropped your lunch box, and I bent down to pick it up. You were fit to kill. I thought you were going to punch me. I’m pretty sure I fell in love with you on the spot when you made it clear your anger was aimed at my good manners as a gentleman rather than from knocking your lunch out of your hands in the first place.”

She slapped his chest, remembering that day well. “That’s because we both came around the corner at the same time, you idiot. It wasn’t your fault any more than it was mine. I didn’t like you fawning over me. The other kids teased me for weeks.”

He chuckled again, his eyes wrinkling at the corners.

God she loved that sound. She had missed him so much. For a decade and a half she had forced herself not to think about him too often. Now that she was back, her memories flooded into place.

He stopped laughing and held her gaze. “I missed you, Nuria.”

“I missed you too.”

Could they bridge the chasm? Maybe. But when she stopped to think about what happened, it still hurt. Would the pain lessen? Only time would tell.

“My dad’s here,” he announced before she heard the car. Austin kissed her again briefly on the lips.

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